Improvement in self-heating sad-irons



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SELF-HEATING SAD-IRON. No.176.Z94. Patented April 18, 1876 Fly. I

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2Sheets-Sheet Z. G. W. & J. A. GEROW. SELF-HEATING SAD-IRON.

No.176,Z94. Patented Apri118,1876.

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PATENT GIDEON W. GEROW, 0F Toluene, AND JOHN A. eneow, 0F FINnLEY, OHIO.

lMPROVEi-M ENT IN SELF-HEATING SAD-IRONS. v

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 176,294, dated April 18, 1876;,application filed March 30, 1876.

To all whom it, may concern:

Be it known that we, GIDEON W. GEROW, of Toledo, Lucas county, Ohio, and JOHN A. GEROW, of Findley, in the county of Hancock and in the State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sad- Irons; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the-accom- 'pany'ing drawings and t0 the letters of reference marked thereon, making ,a part of this specification.

The nature of our invention consists in the construction of a reversible sad-iron, as more fully hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which our invention appertalns to make and use the same, we will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referringto the annexed drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of our sadiron, with the handle and burner removed. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the sadiron with the hand-1e and burner in place. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of theburner.

A represents the body of our sad-iron, cast hollow in one piece; of the usualform, with two steel faced or hardened surfaces, B B. These surfaces extend around the sides of the body A, forming shoulders at a, as shown in Fig. 1.

In the center of the heel of the iron A is formed a hollow journal, (J, and a similar journal, 0', is formed in the center of the point of the iron. This latter journal is provided with a circumferential shoulder at b.

On each sideof the journal 0, in the heel of the iron, is a vertical slot, 01, for the admission of air into the interior of the iron, and above and below the same journal are recesses e e, as shown.

D D represent two arms, having eyes at their lower ends, which are placed respectively on the hollow journals 0 G. The upper ends are connected by means ofa rod, f, upon which is placed an ordinary wooden handle, E.

On the outer side of the arm D -is pivoted a lever, G, the lower end of which extends at right angles in the form of a pin, h, that passes through a hole in the arm andinto one of the recesses 6, thereby holding the iron in place between the arms D D, as shown in Fig. 2. On the inner side, at the upper end of the lever G, is a stud or small pin, '5, upon which is placed a spiral spring, 70, that rests in a recess in the upper end'of the arm. The spring It holds the pin it of the lever G in its place in the recess. By pressing on the up per end of the lever the pin 71 is withdrawn from the recess, when the iron can be turned around to bring the other surface up when the pin springs into the other recess to hold the iron.

In the hollow journal 0 is inserted a hollow cylindrical plug, H, closed at both ends. In the center of the inner end' of the plug His inserted a tube, m, and in the center of the outer end is inserted a burner, I, which extends into the hollow plug for a suitable distance. The outerend of the burner is corrugated, as shown, circumferentially, so as to render it easy to attach a rubber tube, the other end of said tube being placed on any gas-burner in the room convenient to the place where the iron is to be used.

Through the outer end of .the hollow plug 11 are made one or more small apertures, 01:, for the admission of air into the plug to mix with the gas as it escapes from the burner I, and before it enters the tube m to be burned within the iron.

The entire burner H I m, thus constructed, is removable from the hollowjournal O at any time when desired.

We are aware that a hollow reversible sadiron is, broadly, not new.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1.. The combination of the hollow reversible sad-iron, having faces B B, journals 0 O, and recess 6, with the arms D D, rod f, and pivoted lever G, with spring k, and pin it, all constructed substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a hollow sad-iron, of a gas-burner, consisting of a detachable hollow plug, H, closed at both ends and provided with the tube m, detachable burner I, In testimony that we claim the foregoing and air-holes a: a, substantially as herein set we have hereunto set our hands this21st (lay forth. of December, 1874.

3. The combination of the the hollow rever- GIDEON W. GEROW. sible sad-iron A B, having hollow journals 0 JOHN A. GEROW. C, handle D E, fastening-lever G and burner \Vitnesses: H I m, all constructed substantially as and A. G. CLARK, for the purposes herein set forth. M. J. FLETCHER. 

